Bottling-machine



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F. G. LANG BREITENFELDT.

BOTTLING MAGHINE.

No. 250,369. Ptented Dec. 6,1881" Iii! i mmu J I a l A IIIIIIHU (N0 M I 2 sheets-sheet F. G. LANG & O. BR EITENFELDT.

. BOTTLING MACHINE.

Patented'Deo. 6,1881.

Inventor: I

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UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

FREDRIGK O. LANG AND CARL BREITENFELDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,369, dated December 6, 1881.

- Application filed September 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRIoK (J. LANG and CARL BREITENFELDT, both of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottling-lllachines, of which the following is a specification.

' The nature of our invention relates to an improvement in bottling-machines of that class that are especially to be used for bottling mineral waters and other gaseous fluids, and it is particularly designed to be used in connection with internal stoppers that are held in suspense while the bottle is being filled with the gaseous fluid under pressure, and that for hermetically closing the bottle are pulled to their seat in the bottle-neck, to which these stoppers are held by the internal pressure of the gas.

Heretofore these machines were arranged to require three separate consecutive operations for filling and closing a bottle respectively: first, the pedal movement for drawing the filling-head down upon the bottle-mouth; second, to open and close the faucet-that admits the gaseous liquid from the generator into the bottle, at the same time operating the pump that forces a graduated amount of sirup into the liquid passage; and, third, a lever that pulls the stopper to its seatin the bottleneck. With these machines, as will be noticed, the operator not only had to move the empty and then the filled bottle, but he had to employ one foot and both hands for the several operations of filling and closing each bottle.

Now, it is the object of our invention to simplifythe operation by so arranging the machine that the oscillation of the faucet-handle alone will admit the liquid and the exact amount of sirup, and will pull the stopper to its seat, so as to require but the left hand of the operator, leaving his right hand free for inserting the empty and removing the filled bottles, whereby the whole operation is considerably accelerated. I

Therefore-our inventiouconsists of the devices and combinations of devices, as hereinafter described, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2, a section of the funnel-head and stopper-pull; Fig. 3, a sectional side elevation of the faucet and siruppump; Fig. 4, a plan viewof the faucet-disk and cord-spool; Fig. 5, a bottom view of the cord-spool; Fig. 6, aplan view of the faucetdisk, the cord-spool being removed and Fig. 7, a cross-section of the faucet-disk and cordspool.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A denotes the bench ortable top, upon which are secured two columns, a, that form the guides for two rods, 0, connected on top by a cross-bar, B. These rods 1) are connected to a pedal underneath the table for pulling them downward, and arranged with springs that will raise them again after each depression. The cross-barB hasahole atits middle, and through this hole is passed the shank of the filling-head C, and is secured by a nut, 0, so as to be rigid therewith. Thefilling-headOis vertically bored out for the hook-rod I) to be passed through its center, and has formed on top an air-tightjoint bya stuffing-box, and a gland, ol, screw-threaded therein and pressing upon the packing 0 around the hook-rod. To the bottom end of the fillinghead is formed an annular chamber for holding a rubber ring, 0, that is shaped like an inverted funnel, and is secured in place by ascrew-sleeve, E. This elastic inverted funnel, when pressed upon the bottle-mouth, will form an air-tight joint therewith. Another and smaller annular chamber, f, in the filling-head connects with the ports of two screw-necks, F and Gr, the former for admitting the gaseous fluid, and the latter for the escape of the air that is displaced from the bottle while being filled.

H is the valve-body for admitting the fluid from the generator into the filling-head.

I is the valve-disk and handle, and J is the sirup-pump, which is operated simultaneously with the valve, a crank-pin,'g, on the valve-disk being connected with a cross-bar, j, on the pump-rod by a pitman, 71. The sirup is drawn into the pump through the faucet z', that is connected with the reservoir by a flexible pipe, and the flexible tube K connects the valve H with the generator. The pipe N, that forms part'of valve-body H, is coupled to screw-neck F of filling-head H.

0 is a bolt with a flat circular head and a square shank, that is passed through the valvebody H for holding the valve-disk I close upon its seat. This valve-disk I has two ports in its bottom face, which are connected by a channel cored into said valve-disk, and the valve-body H has two ports in its upper face, one communicating with the pipe N and with the pump f, and the other with the pipe K. These ports of both the valve-body H and the valve-disk I are at equal distance from the center and equal distance apart, so that when they are turned to meet a communication is formed between the generator and the filling-head, which communication is out cit as soon as the ports are turned away from each other. The disk I has a handle,p, with a knob to it for opening or closing the valve.

All the above, as far as described, is old, and we do not claim it; and we will now proceed with specifying our improvements.

Upon the gland d of the stuffing-box of the filling-head O, we screw a tube, L, that is closed on top, and into this tube we insert a rod, l, having a head, m, to its bottom end, that is of a size neaily equal to the inside diameter of the tube L, so as to slide vertically therein. This rod-head m is tapped at its bottom to form a screw connection with the upper end of hook-rod D. The upper extremity of rod Z projects through the top end of tube L, and has an eye for securing the end of a cord, M. A coil-spring, n, that surrounds the rod 1 inside of the tube L, is interposed between the top of said tube L and the head on of the rod 1.

The faucet-bolt 0 is tapped through the center of its head tor a screw, q, that forms the pivot fora spool-disk,P. This spool-disk P is grooved on its periphery, and the end of cord M is secured thereto, and when wound upon it, it is to lie in the groove. At the under side this spool-disk P has'an annular groove, 1", and a radial groove, 8, and into the latter is fitted a latch, t, so as to slide therein, with a coil-spring, it, behind it, which will push said latch toutward. The exterior end of said latch t is cylindrical, and is guided in a thimble that is screwed into the exterior end of the groove. The latch t has a transverse notch, which, when the latch is retracted so that its end becomes flush with the periphery of the spool-disk, will be continuous with the annular groove 1'. The base of the crank-pin g is made of a trapezoid shape, one side of the acute angle of which is placed on the radial line, and is secured upon the valve-disk I, close to the'periphery of the spool-disk, so as to form a square shoulder or catch to the projecting end of the latch t from one direction, and to present an incline that will push the latch it back, and' in the latch t and to redraw the same, and when released from the cam-plate, the spring a will push the latch toutward again. Opposite to the latch the annular groove 1" is divided by a stop, 20, which will butt against the blunt end of the cam-plate 11, thus limiting the movement of the spool-disk to be not more than onehalf of a revolution.

Q is a standard secured upon one end of the cross-bar B. At the top this standard has a horizontal arm with a vertical hub, it. This hub is socketed for a coil-spring, m. The boltshank of a bifurcated sheave-bearing, S, is passed through this hub R and through the spring f, so as to ride upon the latter. A sheave, T, is pivoted in this bearing, and another sheave, U, is pivoted on a. stud which is adjustably secured in a slot of standard Q. The cord M is secured with one end to rod 1, is thence passed over sheave T, thence downward and under sheave U, and thence its other end is secured upon the spool-disk P.

The operation is as follows, to wit: A bottle is grasped with the right hand and is placed on the table A; then, by placing one foot upon the pedal, the filling-head G is moved down upon it, when the hook D will grasp the stopper-loop inside of the bottle-neck, and the clastic inverted funnel-ring 0 will form an imperforate joint with the bottle-mouth. Now, the operator will turn the handlep of the valve away from him about one-half of a revolution, thereby opening the valve and at the same timeforcing the sirup in the pump J into the pipe N to mix with the gaseous water that now enters the bottle until the same is filled, after which he returns the handle to its former position. With turning the handle for opening the valve the inclined side of crank-pin g will slide over the latch t, and then with reversing for shutting the valve said latch t will shoulder against the square side of the crank-pin y, when the spool-disk will have to follow the movement of the valve-disk, and will wind a certain length of the cord M upon its grooved periphery, and will -pull the hook-rod D upward, whereby the spring a is contracted and the bottle-stopper is drawn to its seat in the bottle-neck, the spring 00 tending to make the force thus exerted upon the stopper elastic. At the time the stopper is brought to its seat, so as to be held by the pressure of the gases in the bottle, the latch t will engage with the cam-plate o and will be retracted, when the spool-disk, thus loosening its hold on the crankpin 9, will be turned back by the force of spring at until its stop to will butt against the camplate 42, and the hook-rod D will release the bottle-stopper. Now, the operator releases the pedal, removes the filled bottle, and replaces it by an empty one, to be filled in the same manner.

What we claim as our invention isp 1. The combination, with the valve-disk I, having crank-pin g, of stationary cam-plate 'u, and of spool-disk P, connected with the hookrod D by a-cord, M, and having spring-latch t, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the valve-disk I, having crank-pin g, and with the valve-plate 01, secured upon pivot-bolt O, of the spool-disk P, connected by a cord, M, with the hook-rod D, said spool-disk having an annular groove, r, and a radial groove, 8, for guiding a springlatch, 25, the same being constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the filling-head (J, having stuffing-box gland d and hook-rod D, of rod 1, connected with such hook-rod l, and of tube L, connected with such gland d, and of spiral spring 12, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, withthe filling-head 0, having gland d, of tube L, the hook-rod 20 coupled with rod 1, depressed by spring n, and connected with spool-disk P of valve-disk I by a cord, M, of standard Q, carrying sheave T on bearing S, upon spring 00, and sheave U, all of which being constructed and arranged 2 5 substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

' FREDRIGK O. LANG.

CARL BREITENFELDT. Witnesses:

F. W. KASEHAGEN, E. H. FROMMANN. 

